Blackstone Valley Prep Middle School is situated in Lincoln Rhode Island, though it is part of the Cumberland school district. This document looks at the comparisons of Blackstone Valley Prep and a school in Lincoln. The reason for this being that while it is part of the Cumberland district, it is in Lincoln.
Accountability
When it comes to the accountability of the schools, Blackstone is given a leading grade and Lincoln is given a typical grade. This means that Blackstone is seen as a better school than Lincoln. One reason this could be is that Lincoln is a poor school. At the Lincoln Middle School, 92.6 of the students are economically disadvantaged, which seems strange as in the community report, Lincoln seemed like a relatively wealthy community. Lincoln spends $15,238 per student, the amount Blackstone spends is not available.
NECAP
Standardized tests are a large part of education and when it comes to the NECAP assessments, both schools scored relatively close to one another. In 6th grade reading, Lincoln has students performing with 87% proficiency, and only 68% in Blackstone. When it comes to 6th grade math Lincoln comes out on top again, though not by much. Lincoln has 75% proficiency while Blackstone has 73%. In 7th grade reading Blackstone has 86% proficiency and 7th only has 78%. In 7th grade math Blackstone is ahead with 93% proficiency while Lincoln only has 65% proficiency. Based on this data, it seems that Lincoln's 6th graders test better than Blackstone's 6th graders and Blackstone's 7th graders test better than Lincoln's. There are 203 students at Blackstone Valley Prep and 852 at Lincoln Middle School. Blackstone's smaller number of students highly suggests that each student gets more individual attention than at Lincoln Middle School. For every single student at Blackstone there are 10 teachers, and for every single student at Lincoln there are 11 teachers. While there is an extra teacher per student at Lincoln, it does not seem to be enough to manage 852 kids. In regards to teachers, Lincoln surpasses Blackstone in this way: 2% of teachers at Lincoln are not highly qualified, whereas at Blackstone 88% are not highly qualified. A highly qualified teacher is in its most basic sense, a teacher without a bachelor's degree. Therefore, it stands to reason the teachers at Blackstone may not have even graduated college. 0% of the teachers at Lincoln are teachers with an emergency certification, where Blackstone has 45%. It's hard to tell which school has better teaching as both have their ups and downs. Based on the numbers, it seems it could be that teachers at Lincoln are more educated/experienced, but are faced with larger numbers of students where as at Blackstone, the less experienced teachers have small groups of children to work with.
Safety
Perhaps one of the most important things at a school is safety. based on the data, Lincoln had 261 incidents of suspension between 2011-12 and Blackstone only had 4. The students at Blackstone seem better behaved but that is probably because they come from better backgrounds than the kids at Lincoln. At Blackstone, 95.5% of students said they felt safe walking the hallways. In Lincoln 53.5% of students agreed, only 38.2% strongly agreed. 8% of students at Blackstone have seen another student with a weapon of some kind and 12.4% have seen a weapon at Lincoln. While these numbers are not shockingly high, they are too high overall. There shouldn't be any weapons at a middle school or any school. Another thing that is important to school is the student's attendance. In the years 2011-12 the students at both schools had a 97% attendance rate, which shows that a large majority of students do go to school.
Diversity
Lincoln is not the most diverse schools with less than 1% receiving bilingual services. At Blackstone however, 88% of students are receiving bilingual services. Blackstone also has a lower percent of students receiving special education services, them having 10% and Lincoln having 14%. 31% of the students at Lincoln are eligible for subsidized lunch and 65% is eligible for it at Blackstone.
Blackstone Valley Prep Middle School is situated in Lincoln Rhode Island, though it is part of the Cumberland school district. This document looks at the comparisons of Blackstone Valley Prep and a school in Lincoln. The reason for this being that while it is part of the Cumberland district, it is in Lincoln.
Accountability
When it comes to the accountability of the schools, Blackstone is given a leading grade and Lincoln is given a typical grade. This means that Blackstone is seen as a better school than Lincoln. One reason this could be is that Lincoln is a poor school. At the Lincoln Middle School, 92.6 of the students are economically disadvantaged, which seems strange as in the community report, Lincoln seemed like a relatively wealthy community. Lincoln spends $15,238 per student, the amount Blackstone spends is not available.
NECAP
Standardized tests are a large part of education and when it comes to the NECAP assessments, both schools scored relatively close to one another. In 6th grade reading, Lincoln has students performing with 87% proficiency, and only 68% in Blackstone. When it comes to 6th grade math Lincoln comes out on top again, though not by much. Lincoln has 75% proficiency while Blackstone has 73%. In 7th grade reading Blackstone has 86% proficiency and 7th only has 78%. In 7th grade math Blackstone is ahead with 93% proficiency while Lincoln only has 65% proficiency. Based on this data, it seems that Lincoln's 6th graders test better than Blackstone's 6th graders and Blackstone's 7th graders test better than Lincoln's.
There are 203 students at Blackstone Valley Prep and 852 at Lincoln Middle School. Blackstone's smaller number of students highly suggests that each student gets more individual attention than at Lincoln Middle School. For every single student at Blackstone there are 10 teachers, and for every single student at Lincoln there are 11 teachers. While there is an extra teacher per student at Lincoln, it does not seem to be enough to manage 852 kids. In regards to teachers, Lincoln surpasses Blackstone in this way: 2% of teachers at Lincoln are not highly qualified, whereas at Blackstone 88% are not highly qualified. A highly qualified teacher is in its most basic sense, a teacher without a bachelor's degree. Therefore, it stands to reason the teachers at Blackstone may not have even graduated college. 0% of the teachers at Lincoln are teachers with an emergency certification, where Blackstone has 45%. It's hard to tell which school has better teaching as both have their ups and downs. Based on the numbers, it seems it could be that teachers at Lincoln are more educated/experienced, but are faced with larger numbers of students where as at Blackstone, the less experienced teachers have small groups of children to work with.
Safety
Perhaps one of the most important things at a school is safety. based on the data, Lincoln had 261 incidents of suspension between 2011-12 and Blackstone only had 4. The students at Blackstone seem better behaved but that is probably because they come from better backgrounds than the kids at Lincoln. At Blackstone, 95.5% of students said they felt safe walking the hallways. In Lincoln 53.5% of students agreed, only 38.2% strongly agreed. 8% of students at Blackstone have seen another student with a weapon of some kind and 12.4% have seen a weapon at Lincoln. While these numbers are not shockingly high, they are too high overall. There shouldn't be any weapons at a middle school or any school. Another thing that is important to school is the student's attendance. In the years 2011-12 the students at both schools had a 97% attendance rate, which shows that a large majority of students do go to school.
Diversity
Lincoln is not the most diverse schools with less than 1% receiving bilingual services. At Blackstone however, 88% of students are receiving bilingual services. Blackstone also has a lower percent of students receiving special education services, them having 10% and Lincoln having 14%. 31% of the students at Lincoln are eligible for subsidized lunch and 65% is eligible for it at Blackstone.